To: Lonesome in Massachussets; mowowie
Both terms were used. "Glow head" was the term for the Cox engine's design (and some similar small ones from Testors), because the glow plug was the entire cylinder head. I still have a glow head wrench/spanner in a tool drawer somewhere.
Control line airplanes are still available - do a bit of hunting online.
Heh, remember the Cox-powered dragsters that ran along a taut string? I think there was a bead on the string that shut off the engine and popped the drag 'chute.
17 posted on
01/31/2013 1:25:59 PM PST by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Charles Martel; All
Oh man! I haven’t thought about those in forever! Had those silly things by the box in my youth. I remember the pee-wee which was .020, and then the larger tee-dee which was .049 to the even larger .090 good times!, my ears still ring when I think of one of those silly motors dialed in just right!
21 posted on
01/31/2013 1:32:05 PM PST by
intenseracer
(Rockin the Bakken, Frakkin the 'Forks!)
To: Charles Martel
Cox-powered dragsters sounds like it was a fun idea. i wish i had gotten into it...
35 posted on
01/31/2013 2:03:30 PM PST by
mowowie
(e-ellected.)
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